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Ocean acidification : ( in French : acidification des océans
) : is
a decrease in the ph of water in the ocean.
Photic : ( in French : photique ) : the zone close to the surface
that receives enough sunlight for photosynthesis to occur.
Plunging breaker : ( in French : vague rouleau
) : forms
on steeper bottom , they collapse instantaneously and the wave
energy dissipates quickly.
Pycnocline : ( in French : une pycnocline
) : the boundaries
separating two layers of different density.
Refraction : ( in French :
la réfraction
) : is a change in
the wave' s form because of the friction with the seabottom.
Rogue waves : ( in French : vagues scélérates
) : are giant
waves .
Shallow : ( in French :
peu profond / superficiel
) : not
having so much distance between the surface and the bottom.
Sludge : ( in French : la boue
) : a thick , wet mud
or a substance that looks like it.
Surging breaker : ( in French :
le ressac
) : forms
on the steepest bottom , it fails to break because it never attains
a critical wave steepness.
Thermocline : ( in French : la thermocline
) :
is a layer that marks temperature change in a body of water.
Trough : ( in French : le plus bas de la vague
) : is the low
part of the wave.
wave crest : ( in French :
le creux
) : is the top part of the
wave.
Wave height : ( in French : la hauteur de vague
) : is
the vertical distance between the top part of a wave and the low
part of a wave.
Wave length : ( in French : la longueur de vague
) : is the
horizontal distance between the crest of two adjacent waves.
Wave period : ( in French :
la periode de vague
) : is
the time between two successive waves.